Strong’s definition
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
KJV gloss list in the source
begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Source pronunciation notation: khaw-lal'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))
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